méchoui
French, noun/me.ʃwi/
méchoui is spelled M-É-C-H-O-U-I (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 85,597th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Méchoui is a French masculine noun meaning “spit-roasted sheep (whole animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mouton, agneau ou, par extension, porc, cochon de lait entier rôti à la broche sur les braises d’un feu de…”.
What does méchoui mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespit-roasted sheep (whole animal)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mouton, agneau ou, par extension, porc, cochon de lait entier rôti à la broche sur les braises d’un feu de bois. 2. Portion de cette viande servie au repas. 3. Repas où est servie une telle viande.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of méchoui
- méchouis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce méchoui?
- /me.ʃwi/
- \me.ʃwi\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is méchoui in French?
méchoui appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).